Posts Tagged ‘stage’

Hofstra music students concentrating in vocal performance and students from drama and other programs with a minor in musical theater have a coveted opportunity this Friday, November 7, to participate in a master class with author, performer and teacher Jane...

Bat Boy: The Musical, now in its final weekend at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, is a contemporary musical that swings between wacky and silly to grotesque and tragic. The show tells a story of prejudice and acceptance, love and taboos, and the animal...

Bat Boy: The Musical is a contemporary musical that swings between wacky and silly to grotesque and tragic. According to the director, Associate Professor Ilona Pierce, it tells a story of prejudice and acceptance, love and taboos, and the animal inside all...

The March of the Bonus Army, a play by Isaac Rathbone ’00 with direction by Professor of Drama Cindy Rosenthal will get a New York City premiere, September 4-14, at the Black Box at Cap 21 Studio. First presented at Hofstra in 2012, this production is rich...

For Philip Santos Schaffer ’13, all the world really is a stage. The drama program grad continues his run in The Living Theatre’s No Place to Hide, but the production has moved from New York’s Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center to...

Hip hop, contemporary, tap, Irish step, jazz and ballet … senior dance major Stephanie Grover performs them all, and says her versatility – and the versatility of Hofstra’s program – is a definite strength. Stephanie will be among the dance majors to...

Rita McCann, who plays “Rose” in Gypsy, talks about playing the ultimate show business mother in this beloved musical The musical Gypsy, featuring music by Jules Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, plays its final performances at the John...

Sean Kelly, who plays “Herbie” in Gypsy, talks about the challenges of the role and the timelessness of this beloved musical The musical Gypsy, featuring music by Jules Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, comes to Hofstra’s John Cranford Adams...

Gypsy at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, October 18-27 The musical Gypsy, featuring music by Jules Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, comes to Hofstra’s John Cranford Adams Playhouse, October 18-27, 2013. The book by Arthur Laurents tells the story of...